%0 Journal Article
%T Bacon s idea and Newton s practice of induction
%A Steffen Ducheyne
%J Philosophica
%D 2005
%I Ghent University
%X In this essay, I provide a Baconian reading of Newton s Principia. I argue that Newton scientific practice (especially in the Principia) was influenced by Bacon s methodised idea of induction. My focus will be on Newton s argument of universal gravitation.
%U http://logica.ugent.be/philosophica/fulltexts/76-6.pdf